Funky Fossil - Funky Circle Alcohol Ink Good Luck Card

I've been playing with an alcohol ink background I have had in my stash for a couple of months and decided today I would make something of it.

I decided to use Tim Holtz Alcohol Lift Ink through the Funky Fossil "Funky Circle" Stencil over the alcohol ink background to create the bleached look pattern.

I used some Wow! Fab Foil in a copper colour to add some interest to areas too.

The stamped "Good Luck" sentiment, using Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze Ink" is from a Simon Says Stamp set called "Clean Line Everyday" and die cut.

Visible Image - Imperfection is Beauty Tag

This afternoon I pulled my Visible Image stamps out for a play.

I used two Dylusions Ink Sprays for the background colour (Squeezed Orange and Bubblegum Pink).

Once dry, I stamped the flowers from the Visible Image "Imperfection is Beauty" stamp set in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink and "Summertime" orangne ink.  

I used Versafine Clair "Charming Pink" ink the Visible Image "Two Tone" stencil to create the circles.

I splattered a white Posca pen over the tag and then drew horizontal lines from top to bottom, finishing by inking the edges of the tag in black ink.

Lavinia Stamps - Once Upon A Dream through the Willow Arch

Today I have played with my Lavinia Stamps, deciding to use a couple of stamps I've not used very often.

I used a gelli plate background I'd made a while back for the base and stamped the "Willow Arch" and the "Twisted Willow" to create an archway stamped in Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.  I coloured it in with shades of brown Distress Oxide Inks and then stamped "Sacred Spells" script.

I used the Funky Fossil "Brick Wall" stencil with "Forest Moss" Distress Oxide Ink to create the look of a wall around the arch.

I stamped the "Stargazing" couple using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink.  I multi stamped the "Twisted Vine Set" in Versafine Clair "Shady Lane" green ink.

Using Versafine Clair "Monarch" purple ink I stamped the "Fairy Barnacles" to create flowers growing up the wall like a cottage garden. I coloured the flowers with a mix of Oxide Inks and Signo pens, I also added some highlights to the card using a white Signo pen.

Finally, I stamped the "Once upon a dream" sentiment using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink.

Lavinia Stamps have started a new Wellbeing group called "Reach out for Lavinia" so I have added this to their new group.

#thedailymarker30day Colouring Challenge - Day 30

It is the last day of #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge for March.

I have used a stamp that came with issue 168 of Papercraft Essentials Magazine.

I stamped the heart and the Lawn Fawn sentiment (from their Simply Sentiment set) in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.  I coloured the heart using Distress Oxide Inks.

Lavinia Stamps Finn and Zuri

I have continued my play with Lavinia Stamps creating this card featuring one of the most recently released stamps "Finn" the fairy  and "Zuri" the unicorn.

I used a gelli plate background I had made a while back.  All stamping was in shades of Versafine Clair ink (Monarch, Shady Lane, Morning Mist and Nocturne).

Other Lavinia Stamps used on this are:  Berry Leaves, Fairy Hive Set, Crow Set, Trees, Mini Meadow Mushroom, Tree Scene, Tree Branch and Climbing Ivy.

Lavinia Stamps - Underwater (Small Seahorse) Scene card

It seems ages since I have had a play with my Lavinia Stamps, so decided today was the day to put that right.

I had a small off-cut measuring 3"x3" of the background where I had used a wash of acrylic chalk paint to build up the colour, so decided to use that, rather than have it hanging about.

The colour shouted water scene to me, so I went with that theme.  I stamped the tall "Seaweed" in Versafine Clair "Verdant".

I then stamped the seahorse, which is part of a set called "Sea Creatures" in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.

Using Versafine Clair "Warm Breeze" ink I stamped the "Mystic Swirl", the "Twisted Vine Set" and the hanging "Fairy Hive Set".  

I used a white Posca Pen to add highlights to the air bubbles and a Sakura gelly roll pen to add a little sparkle to the seahorse and the fairy hives.

#thedailymarker30day Colouring Challenge - Day 29 - Papermania "Freshly Cut Flowers Floral Wreath

It is Day 29 of the #thedailymarker30day Colouring Challenge - the penultimate day actually.

For this card, I have used a Papermania/Docrafts stamps called "Freshly Cut Flowers Floral Wreath" and a Papertrey Ink sentiment from their "Fillable Frames Sentiment" set, both stamped in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.  I have coloured the wreath using Distress Oxide Inks applied with a brush.

Funky Fossil "Angel Wings" Sympathy Card

Sadly, I suspect I will be making more sympathy cards in the coming weeks.

I have used Gesso through the Funky Fossil "Angel Wings Stencil".  Once the Gesso was dry I've then used three shades of Distress Inks, starting with "Broken China" in the middle, followed by "Stormy Sky" and finally Wilted Violet.

I positioned the Funky Fossil "Retro Starburst Stencil" over the card and using the corner of a wet wipe, wiped the ink away through the stencil to reveal off-white stars.

I used a white Posca pen to highlight areas and stamped the sentiment in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Release - Cupcake Crazy

Today, Saturday 28th March 2020, Funky Fossil Designs release their five fabulous new stamp sets.  I've made this card using the new Cupcake Crazy stamp set.

To celebrate the release there's a 10% discount of everything in store.  Use the code MARCH10 at checkout before midnight on Monday 30th March!

I stamped the cupcake in Versafine "Vintage Sepia" brown ink and coloured it using three shades of Distress Oxide Inks:  Brushed Corduroy, Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry.

I multi stamped the sprinkles background in Versafine "Vintage Sepia" ink and coloured with two shades of Uniball Signo Pen in green and a purple shade.

I stamped the sentiment, which is from the same stamp set and die cut it to shape

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Release - Distressed Elements

Today, Saturday 28th March, Funky Fossil Designs launch five fabulous new stamp sets!

To celebrate the release there's a 10% discount of everything in store.  Use the code MARCH10 at checkout before midnight on Monday 30th March!

I have used the new set called "Distressed Elements" for this card.

I started using an off-cut of a gelli plate background for the speckled background.  I used one of the strip stamps to create the wonky lines, stamped in Distress Oxide Ink called "Dusty Concord"

Using another new Funky Fossil stamp set called "Happy Words" I stamped the sentiment using Versafine Clair "Monarch" purple ink.  I used the same ink to stampe the purple splatters around the edge of the card, also the heart and the "x" all part of the "Distressed Elements" stamp set.

Finally, to lift the background colour a little, I added lots of tiny white dots using a Posca pen.

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Release - Happy Words

Today, Saturday 28th March 2020 is the day that Funky Fossil Designs will released five fabulous new stamp sets.

To celebrate the release there's a 10% discount of everything in store.  Use the code MARCH10 at checkout before midnight on Monday 30th March!

For the blue background I used a selection of Distress Oxide inks (Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio and Mermaid Lagoon).

I then used a pink texture paste through the Funky Fossil "Fish Background" stencil.

While the paste was drying I used Versafine Clair "Twilight" dark blue ink to stamp the "You are my happy" sentiment, which is part of the new "Happy Words" stamp set.  

I die cut the sentiment using a stitched edge die and adhered it to the tag.

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Set Launch - Cattitude

Today, Saturday 28th March, Funky Fossil Designs launch five new fabulous clear stamp sets. 

To celebrate the release there's a 10% discount of everything in store.  Use the code MARCH10 at checkout before midnight on Monday 30th March!

I have used the new set called "Cattitude for this sample.  

It is a really quick card to make.  I stamped the cat image using Versafine Clair "Summertime" orange shade of ink.  I coloured the image with two shades of Distress Oxide inks:  Scattered Straw and Wild Honey, I also used an orange Posca pen.  I then fussy cut the cat image.

I stamped the "Cattitude" sentiment and the paw prints using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink on an orange background.  I then die cut the shape.  I mounted the die cut shape onto a darker shade of orange card and then die cut that.

I die cut two circles a black smaller circle and a slightly larger orange circle.  I adhered the black circle on to the orange backround.  I then adhered the cat image and then the "Cattictude" banner below.

I used a scoreboard to score a line below the sentiment and bent the bottom section so that it created a stand for the card.

Funky Fossil Designs New Stamp Release Day - Funky Florals

Today is the day!  At 9am, today Saturday 28th March,  Funky Fossil Designs will be launching five brand new clear stamp sets.  I have used one of the new sets, "Funky Florals" on this MDF heart.

To celebrate the release there's a 10% discount of everything in store.  Use the code MARCH10 at checkout before midnight on Monday 30th March!

I started by coating a Funky Fossil Curved Hanging Heart with white Gesso on both sides of the heart.  The Gesso works like a primer and helps other mediums to adhere to the MDF.

Once the Gesso was dry, I then coated one side with PaperArtsy Chalk Acrylic "Caribbean Sea" paint.

Once dry, I used white Gesso through the Funky Fossil "Petal Burst" stencil.  This will be the front of the heart.  I then set aside to dry.

Once dry, I started to work on the reverse side.  Already white with a coating of Gesso, I used the same Funky Fossil "Petal Burst" stencil, this time using the PaperArtsy "Caribbean Sea" chalk acrylic which I'd used on the front.  I set it aside to dry.

While the MDF was drying, I stamped the cluster of flowers from the new stamp set called "Funky Florals" using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.  I coloured the image using coloured pencils and a black fine tip pen and fussy cut the image.

I adhered the stamped image onto the front of the painted MDF heart.  I coloured an MDF bird, part of a Funky Fossil "MDF Minis" set with a black sharpie pen and adhered onto the heart.

Finally, I adhered an MDF sentiment, part of the Funky Fossil "Positive Words" set, that I had initially coated with white Gesso and then given a coat of PaperArtsy "Snowflake" chalk acrylic paint to the heart.

#thedailymarker30day Colouring Challenge - Day 27 Creative Stamping Magazine Issue 51

Today is Day 26 of #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge.  I was inspired by the beautiful weather this morning to do something Spring like so opted for this wreath.

I used a wreath and nest stamp from the issue 51 stamp set that came with Creative Stamping magazine. Stamped in Versafine "Stormy Gray" and coloured with water colour pencils.

The sentiment is from a Woodware stamp set called "Poppy", stamped in Versafine "Stormy Gray" ink

#thedailymarker30day Colouring Challenge Day 26 - Little Claire Designs, Birdhouse Garland

This is my Day 26 make for #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge.

I've used a Little Claire Designs stamp called "Birdhouse Garland", stamped in Versafine and coloured with water colour pencils.

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Preview - Funky Florals

Funky Fossil Designs are launching five fabulous new stamp sets this Saturday, 28th March at 9am.  I made this sample using two of the new sets.

For this sample I use the new "Funky Florals" clear stamp set and multiple stamped the cluster of flowers/foliage four times (using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink) to create a rough square shape.  I coloured the image using a selection of Posca Pens and Distress Oxide Inks applied with a brush.

I used the new stamp set called "Happy Words" for the central sentiment, stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

This is large sample, measuring approximately 11 1/2"!

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Preview - Funky Florals

Funky Fossil Designs are launching five fabulous new clear stamp sets this Saturday, 28th March at 9am.  

For this card, I have used the new "Funky Florals" and the new "Happy Words" set.

I stamped the corner of flowers on to a card blank and then on to an off-cut of white card, using Versafine Clair "Verdant" green ink.  

I coloured the flowers and foliage on the off-cut using a selection of Distress Oxide Inks, applied with a paint brush.  I coloured the foliage on the card blank in the same way. 

I then die cut a circle edge (using two nesting dies) to create the green ring and adhered over the stamped image on the card blank.

I used "Shabby Shutters" Distress Oxide Ink with a blending tool, through the Funky Fossil "Micro Dots" stencil, leaving the inner circle of the ring plain.

I returned to the floral area on the off-cut of card and fussy cut the image and adhered over the one on the card blank.

Finally, using the new "Happy Words" stamp set, I stamped the sentiment, using Versafine Clair "Verdant" green ink.

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Preview - Cattitude

Funky Fossil Designs are releasing five fabulous new stamp sets this Saturday, 28th March at 9am.

I have used one of the new sets called "Cattitude" to make this card.

I stamped the cats head three times, using Versafine Clair ink and coloured each one in a different colour using Distress Oxide Inks.  I then fussy cut the head images.

I die cut three squares and adhered the head onto each square.  I then stamped the sentiment using Versafine Clair "Green Oasis".

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Preview - Cattitude

Funky Fossil Designs are releasing five fabulous new clear stamp sets, this Saturday, 28th March at 9am.  This card uses "Cattitude"!

I stamped the cats in three shades of Versafin Clair Ink:  "Nocturne" black ink, "Summertime" orange ink and "Acorn" brown ink.  I then coloured each cat in co-ordinating colours of Distress Oxide Inks.

I fussy cut each cat and then adhered them onto the dark blue background.  I stamped the sentiment using Versafine Clair "Twilight" which is a dark blue colour.

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Preview - Cattitude

Funky Fossil Designs are releasing five fabulous new stamp sets on Saturday 28th March at 9am.  I've used one of the new sets to create this card.

I've used the new Cattitude set on a background of blended Distress Oxide Inks (pink, orange and yellow colours).

I have then spritzed the Funky Fossil "Broken Radius" stencil with water and laid the wet side over the prepared background, applying a little pressure and leaving for a few seconds.  When the stencil is lifted, I dabbed any watery areas with a piece of kitchen roll.  The area where the wet stencil has been leaves a bleached pattern.

I stamped the cats and the sentiment onto the now dry background using Versafine Clair "Acorn" brown ink.  Using the same ink, I stamped the cats on a separate piece of card.

I coloured the cats using two colours of Distress Oxide Inks - Spun Sugar and Gathered Twigs.  I used a turquoise coloures Posca Pen for areas on the hat.  I fussy cut both cat images and adhered them over the ones already stamped on the background.

#thedailymarker30day Colouring Challenge - Day 25 - Applie Blossom "April Daisy"

It is Day 25 of #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge.

Using Versafine Ink, I stamped the Apple Blossom "April Daisy" flower head, stem and leaves.

I coloured using a selection of Distress Oxide Inks.  I used a white Posca Pen in an almost graffiti way and a metallic gold pen to add a difference in shades.

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Preview - Distressed Elements 2

Funky Fossil Designs are releasing five fabulous new stamp sets this Saturday, 28th March and 9am.  For this card, I have used the new "Distressed Elements".

I used a circular gelli plate background image I'd made a month or so back for the base of this card.  

I then used the Funky Fossil "Chess Set" Stencil with Versafine Clair "Nocturne" applied through the stencil with a finger dabber.

Next I used the Funky Fossil "Brick Wall 2" stencil with Versafine "Smokey Grey" ink.

I then used Versafine "Olympia Green" through the Funky Fossil "Broken Radius" stencil.  

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink, I stamped the alphabet, the numbers, the cracks in the brickwork, the drips and the hearts & kisses, all of these are from the new "Distressed Elements set.

I die cut the image slightly smaller and then inked the edges using Versafine "Black Onyx" ink.

I decided I didn't want a totally plain black background, so used the Wow! Clear Embossing Pad through the Funky Fossil "Funky Circle" stencil.  I then sprinkled black embossing powder on and heated to set.  This provided a frame for the circle.

Funky Fossil Designs New Stamp Preview - Happy Words

Funky Fossil Designs are launching five fabulous new stamp sets this Saturday, 28th March at 9am.

For this sample, I have used the new "Happy Words" set.

I have used the "Happy Birthday" sentiment , stamped in Versafine Clair "Paradise" blue ink, on a background I have stencilled using several shades of Distress Oxide Ink through the Funky Fossil "Petal Burst" stencil.

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Release - Distressed Elements

Funky Fossil Designs have five fabulous clear stamp sets that will be released for purchase on Saturday 28th March at 9am.

I have gone for a full on grunge look for this sample, where I have used one of the new sets called "Distressed Elements".

I started this card, by using assored coloured green Distress Oxide Inks through the Funky Fossil "Brick Wall" stencil.  For the mortar area, between the bricks, I used the "Tea Dye" Distress Oxide ink.

I used a red and a black Texture Paste through the Funky Fossil "The Look" stencil to create the face.

I then moved on to grunging the image up.  First, I used the Distressed Lines from the Distressed Element stamp set at the base of the card, using Versafine Vintage Sepia and Versafine Clair Shady Lane and Pinecone to create an undergrowth growing up the wall.

Using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink From the Distressed Elements stamp set, I stamped the hearts and the "x" at the top and the base of the card.  I then added the tear drops coming from they eye.

I used "Forest Moss" Distress Oxide Ink through the Funky Fossil "Feeling Gritty" stencil.  I then used "Black Soot" Distress Oxide through the Funky Fossil "Micro Dot" Stencil.

My next step was to stamp the alphabet and the numbers (from the Distressed Element stamp set) which I stamped in Versafine "Smokey Grey" ink.

Finally I inked the edges of the card using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink and "Nocturne" black ink.

Funky Fossil Designs New Stamp Preview "Happy Words"

Funky Fossil Designs have five fabulous new clear stamp sets that will be available to purchase from their site on Saturday 28th March at 9am. I've used one of the new sets with an existing stamp set to create this card.

I've used an existing Funky Fossil clear stamp set called "Chubby Unicorns" with a new stamp set called "Happy Words" to create this card.

I stamped the unicorn and the sentiment in Versafine Clair  "Glamorous" pink ink.  I used "Picked Raspberry" Distress Oxide ink through the  Funky Fossil "Shooting Star" stencil.

I added colour to the unicorn with a turquoise colored Posca Pen and glitz to the shooting star area using sequins and a silver glitter Signo Pen.

#thedailymarker30day Colouring Challenge - Day 24 Creative Stamping Magazine, issue 83

Day 24 of #thedailymarker30day colouring challenge.  I have used a stamp that came with the issue 83 of Creative Stamping Magazine, which is the current one.

I decided to create a snow scene for this hare.  I stamped him in Versafine ink and then coloured him with Distress Oxide Inks applied with a paint brush.  

I masked off the stamped image and then used a couple of blue shades of Distress Oxide inks blended to create the sky colour.

I used a grey ink to add to the snow area.  I created snowflakes and edged the hare using a white Posca Pen.

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Preview - Cupcake Crazy 3

Funky Fossil Designs are launching five fabulous new stamp sets, this Saturday 28th March at 9am.  This is a card I have made using one of the new stamp sets.

I have used the new set called "Cupcake Crazy".  I have used a Wow! Embossing pad and Wow! Clear Embossing powder heat embossed to create three stamped white outline images of the cupcakes.

I then covered the whole piece in three shades of blended Distress Oxide inks, starting with "Spun Sugar" moving in to "Picked Raspbery" and then finally "Seedless Preserve" at the base of the card.  I also stamped the sentiment using the same "Seedless Preserve" ink.

On an off-cut of white card, I stamped the cupcake image using a Versafine Clair "Charming Pink" shade of ink pad.  I coloured the icing on the cake using "Spun Sugar" Distress Oxide Ink and used a "Walnut Stain" Distress Oxide ink to colour the sponge area of the cake.  I coloured the strawberry using Posca pens and finally fussy cut the cake image and adhered over the central cupcake.

Funky Fossil Designs March 2020 New Stamp Preview - Cupcake Crazy (sample 2)

Funky Fossil Designs have five fabulous clear stamp sets being released for sale on Saturday 28th March at 9am.  I've made this card using the new "Cupcake Crazy" set.

I used "Picked Raspberry" Distress Oxide Ink through the Funky Fossil "Shooting Stars" stencil for the background design.

I stamped the cupcake in Versafine Clair "Charming Pink" ink  and coloured it using a Posca pen for the strawberry, "Spun Sugar" Distress Oxide Ink for the icing and "Vintage Photo" Distress Oxide Ink for the spnge area.

I stamped the sentiment using  Versafine Clair ink called "Charming Pink" and added a touch of glitter between the stars using a silver glitter Signo Pen.

Funky Fossil Designs, March 2020 New Stamp Preview - Cupcake Crazy

Funky Fossil Designs have five fabulous new stamp sets being released this weekend at 9am on Saturday 28th March.  Here's a preview of card I made using the "Cupcake Crazy" clear stamp set.

For this card, I have used "Spun Sugar" Distress Oxide Ink through the  Funky Fossil "Full of love" stencil.

I stamped the sentiment, which is part of the "Cupcake Crazy" set using Versafine Clair "Charming Pink" ink.

Using the same ink on a small off-cut of card, I stamped the cupcake.  I coloured the sponge area of the cake with "Tea Dye" Distress Oxide Ink applied with a paint brush.  I used "Spun Sugar" Distress Oxide Ink for the icing colour. For the strawberry on the top I used a red, green and white Posca Pen.  I fussy cut the cup cake then adhered on to the card.